B29C 65/1687
Making use of light guides
Official title: {making use of light guides}
B29C65/1687 (Making use of light guides) appears on 174 US grants and 234 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in B29C- Granted patents
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By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
Recent patents
- Closures with tamper evidence21 Apr 2026US 12,606,352 B2Husky Injection Molding Systems Ltd.
- Waveguide for plastic welding, arrangement, and welding method with a waveguide, and manufacturing method of a waveguide31 Mar 2026US 12,589,554 B2BRANSON ULTRASCHALL Niederlassung der Emerson Technologies GmbH & Co. OHG
- Closures with tamper evidence31 Mar 2026US 12,589,917 B2Husky Injection Molding Systems Ltd.
- Connection method using a laser transmission bonding technology, an apparatus for bonding as well as a part made of a laser transmissive bonded first plastic part and a second plastic part24 Mar 2026US 12,583,188 B2BRANSON ULTRASCHALL Niederlassung der Emerson Technologies GmbH & Co. OHG
- Closures with tamper evidence10 Mar 2026US 12,570,441 B2Husky Injection Molding Systems Ltd.
- Waveguide for plastic welding, arrangement, and welding method with a waveguide, and manufacturing method of a waveguide6 Aug 2026US 2026/0225322 A1BRANSON ULTRASCHALL Niederlassung der Emerson Technologies GmbH & Co. OHG
- Laser scanning-type plastic welding device using bundle fiber23 Jul 2026US 2026/0208449 A1Evlaser Co., Ltd.
- Method of attaching a connector element to a tubular element2 Jul 2026US 2026/0183509 A1Coloplast A/S
- Connection method using a laser transmission bonding technology, an apparatus for bonding as well as a part made of a laser transmissive bonded first plastic part and a second plastic part2 Jul 2026US 2026/0184022 A1BRANSON ULTRASCHALL Niederlassung der Emerson Technologies GmbH & Co. OHG
- Closures with tamper evidence25 Jun 2026US 2026/0176029 A1Husky Injection Molding Systems Ltd.
Most cited
By later US patents
- Workpiece of plastic and production process for such a workpiece121US 5,893,959 AMarquardt GmbH · 1999
- Laser bonding of angioplasty balloon catheters87US 5,501,759 ASchneider (USA) Inc. · 1996
- Transparent material processing with an ultrashort pulse laser84US 9,138,913 B2Imra America, Inc. · 2015
- Laser bonding of angioplasty balloon catheters78US 5,267,959 ASchneider GmbH & Co. KG · 1993
- Method of heat sealing thermoplastic sheets together using a split laser beam57US 3,989,778 AW. R. Grace & Co. · 1976